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20 November 2017
www.newsdeeply.com
At a land policy conference last week, African governments adopted a resolution to grant documented land rights to at least 30 percent of their female populations by 2025. But to do that they must navigate a complicated mix of local laws and long-held customs.
20 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The four-day Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended Friday in Addis Ababa with Economic Commission for Africa’s Chief of Staff, Collen Kelapile, urging Africa to enact policies that will harness the tremendous potential of its youth.
20 November 2017
www.businesspost.ng
Coordinator of Enable Youth Programme at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Edson Mpyisi, has revealed that agriculture on the African continent is expected to be a $1 trillion value business by the year 2030.
20 November 2017
http://capitalethiopia.com
Land planning and governance, land certification system, technology application for agriculture, conflict management, access to land for women and youth and environment management and youth employment were some of the topics that were covered at the Second Conference on Land Policy in Africa that was held at the UNECA this week.
18 November 2017
cityvoiceng.com
The Nigerian government should prevail on herdsmen to look in the direction of the zero grazing model practised in Kenya, the Coordinator, School of Post graduate studies at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Dr. Yakubu Bununu, has said.
17 November 2017
www.newtimes.co.rw/
Tax experts have called on governments to strengthen Africa’s revenue collection capacity for sustainable economic development. The capacity to collect revenues on the continent is still low despite the potential, according to Aida Opoku-Mensah, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) special adviser.
17 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) programme was officially launched at the ongoing land policy conference in Addis Ababa.
17 November 2017
www.herald.co.zw
African governments should seize the opportunity to invest in land through strategies and interventions that focus on women and youth. Speaking at the official opening of the Land Policy in Africa conference here on Tuesday, the United Nations Economic for Commission for Africa (Uneca) deputy executive secretary, Mr Abdalla Hamdok, said African nations should use land as a major resource to...
17 November 2017
allafrica.com
The four-day Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended Friday in Addis Ababa with Economic Commission for Africa's Chief of Staff, Collen Kelapile, urging Africa to enact policies that will harness the tremendous potential of its youth.
17 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) programme was officially launched at the ongoing land policy conference in Addis Ababa.
17 November 2017
www.shout-africa.com
More than half of the world’s suitable arable land and underutilized water resources are in Africa according to statistics unveiled by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Ethiopia this week.
16 November 2017
www.libe.ma
La consolidation de la coopération dans le domaine de la réforme de l’administration a été, jeudi à Rabat, au centre d’entretiens entre le ministre délégué chargé de la Réforme de l'Administration et de la Fonction publique, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader et le directeur de l'Agence nationale des services publics et des innovations sociales (ASAN) auprès du président de la République d’...
16 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The 2nd biennial Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Tuesday with the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) pledging to do more to support African governments to develop robust policies that will support Africa’s economic and social transformation through the optimum use of her land and natural resources.
16 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The Second Conference on Land Policy in Africa was opened with a call to properly manage land to benefit current and future generations of Africa.
16 November 2017
www.daily-mail.co.zm
AS IF the video by the Human Rights Watch exposing the displacement of local communities by some investors in Serenje was not enough, Bwana Mkubwa member of Parliament Jonas Chanda last week encountered first-hand experience in Twashuka and Chichele wards of his constituency in Ndola.
16 November 2017
www.herald.co.zw
AFRICAN governments should seize the opportunity to invest in its land, through strategies and interventions that focuses on women and youth.
16 November 2017
allafrica.com
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Ms. Vera Songwe, on Wednesday urged African governments to strategically integrate urbanization in their national development plans if they are to unleash the potential of urbanization for growth and transformation on the continent.
16 November 2017
www.agenceecofin.com
Le vendredi 17 novembre 2017, s’achèvera à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie, une conférence de quatre jours sur l’accès des jeunes au foncier agricole. Placée sous le thème « L’Afrique que nous voulons : Réaliser la transformation socio-économique par un accès inclusif et équitable des jeunes à la terre », elle est organisée par le Centre africain pour les politiques foncières.
16 November 2017
aip.ci
Abidjan, 16 nov (AIP)- Le gouvernement ivoirien, à travers le ministère du Plan et du Développement et le Bureau sous-régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), organise mardi, à Abidjan, un atelier sur l’examen de l’étude du guide de gestion du cycle des projets de Côte d’Ivoire. Toute une journée, il sera question de présenter le...
16 November 2017
allafrica.com
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Ms. Vera Songwe, on Wednesday urged African governments to strategically integrate urbanization in their national development plans if they are to unleash the potential of urbanization for growth and transformation on the continent.
16 November 2017
www.herald.co.zw
AFRICAN governments should seize the opportunity to invest in its land, through strategies and interventions that focuses on women and youth.
16 November 2017
allafrica.com
Journalists covering the ongoing 2017 conference on land policy in Africa on Thursday were trained on how to write about women's land rights in a session organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Pulitzer Centre.
16 November 2017
www.herald.co.zw
AFRICAN governments should seize the opportunity to invest in its land, through strategies and interventions that focuses on women and youth.
16 November 2017
www.cnbcafrica.com
The 2nd biennial Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Tuesday with the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) pledging to do more to support African governments to develop robust policies that will support Africa’s economic and social transformation through the optimum use of her land and natural resources.
16 November 2017
www.daily-mail.co.zm
AS IF the video by the Human Rights Watch exposing the displacement of local communities by some investors in Serenje was not enough, Bwana Mkubwa member of Parliament Jonas Chanda last week encountered first-hand experience in Twashuka and Chichele wards of his constituency in Ndola.